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Abstract
Penciclovir [9-(4-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethylbut-1-yI)guanine], an effective antiherpesvirus agent, was found to be a potent and selective antiviral agent against intracellular hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication (drug concentration at which a 10-fold decrease in HBV DNA from the average level in an untreated culture was observed [EC90], 1.6 microM) and extracellular virion release (EC90, 0.7 microM) by cultured human hepatoblastoma (2.2.15) cells. Acyclovir and three other related 9-alkoxypurines with activity against either herpesviruses or human immunodeficiency virus were uniformly inactive against HBV. The activity of penciclovir is discussed in relation to recent findings related to its mode of action against HBV.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8723485 PMCID: PMC163310 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.40.5.1282
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191